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upward |
Overview of adj upward The adj upward has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (2) upward -- (directed up "the cards were face upward"; "an upward stroke of the pen") 2. (0) up upward -- (extending or moving toward a higher place "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish") Overview of adv upward The adv upward has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (6) up upwards, upward, upwardly -- (spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position; "look up!"; "the music surged up"; "the fragments flew upwards"; "prices soared upwards"; "upwardly mobile") 2. up upwards, upward -- (to a later time; "they moved the meeting date up"; "from childhood upward") Antonyms of adj upward 2 senses of upward Sense 1 upward INDIRECT (VIA up) -> down Sense 2 up(postnominal), upward(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA ascending) -> descending Similarity of adj upward 2 senses of upward Sense 1 upward => up (vs. down) Sense 2 up(postnominal), upward(postnominal) => ascending(postnominal) (vs. descending) Attributes of adj upward Familiarity of adj upward upward used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj upward upward Overview of adj upward The adj upward has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (2) upward -- (directed up "the cards were face upward"; "an upward stroke of the pen") 2. (0) up upward -- (extending or moving toward a higher place "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish") Overview of adv upward The adv upward has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (6) up upwards, upward, upwardly -- (spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position; "look up!"; "the music surged up"; "the fragments flew upwards"; "prices soared upwards"; "upwardly mobile") 2. up upwards, upward -- (to a later time; "they moved the meeting date up"; "from childhood upward")
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